The applicants own a five-acre parcel of land accessed by a dedicated public right-of-way not developed to CBJ standards and not maintained by a public agency. Costs of constructing the street to the site, in addition to the on-site improvements, have resulted in this parcel being unable to meet the subdivision regulations in an economical manner. The applicants are proposing instead to divide the parcel into two lots and dedicate a public right-of-way through the property to CBJ-owned land.

The Public Works and Facilities Committee recommended this action at its October 11, 2010 meeting.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular meeting.

This ordinance creates LID No. 91 for the purpose of providing sewer service to the property owners within the North Douglas Sewer, Phase V, LID 91 boundary. The proposed total assessment for this project is $204,365, with a total project cost estimate of $2.5 million.

Notices were published in the newspaper and sent to residents in the LID area so they would be aware of this opportunity to make their views known to the Assembly. Public Hearing is scheduled for the Assembly meeting of December 20, 2010.

LID 91 was reviewed by the Public Works and Facilities Committee at its November 1, 2010 meeting and forwarded to the full Assembly.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the regular meeting of December 20, 2010.

This ordinance would appropriate a $34,500 grant from the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for a Mt. Juneau Active Avalanche Study for the Local Hazards Mitigation Plan.

This study would be conducted by the Swiss Snow Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) and would create new avalanche zone maps with proper run out zones and distances. This would allow SLF to examine the situation with regard to the possible application of artificial Avalanche Release according to the guidelines published by SLF. If artificial release can be recommended, SLF will outline which mitigation systems it feels would be applicable and recommendations for trigger points through collaboration with local experts. Further suggestions for important points to be included in the safety concepts will be made and the full results of the investigation will be summarized in a report. Activities funded by this grant would include:

• A study of the Mt. Juneau Avalanche Paths that affect populated areas to see if the slope is suitable for active mitigation techniques.

• Clearly defining the best solution to the Mt. Juneau avalanche problem to allow CBJ to seek funding for this mitigation project. Inclusion of this report is important to support updating the CBJ Mitigation plan.

There is no match requirement for this grant.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular meeting.

This ordinance would appropriate a $301,548.50 grant from the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for the 2010 Metropolitan Medical Response Systems Grant to support the goals and activities of the City and Borough of Juneau, as well as those of the SE Alaska MMRS Steering Committee, through equipment purchases, planning, training, and exercises for Mass Casualty, Mass Prophylaxis, and HAZMAT events.

There is no match requirement for this grant.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular meeting.

This ordinance would appropriate $500,000 from BRH reserves to provide initial funding for a roofing project at the Hospital. The total project is expected to cost approximately $1.9M. Remaining project funding will come from BRH reserves at a future date.

The Hospital Board requested this appropriation at its meeting on October 26, 2010 and the PWFC recommended this action at its November 1, 2010 meeting.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular meeting.

Project ideas were solicited from the community for a grant from the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program administered in Alaska by the State Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). Grant proposals must be sponsored by a local government and sent to DCED by December 3, 2010, where the proposals will be reviewed and compete against each other on a statewide basis. A local government has the choice of generating its own project ideas or soliciting ideas from the general public. CBJ has successfully used this method in the past. This year we had five proposals as a result of the solicitation.

The Human Resources Committee reviewed the five proposals at its regular meeting on November 8, 2010 and made a recommendation to the Assembly to support the REACH, Inc., proposal to renovate and remodel an assisted living home for disabled adults located at 1814 Mark Alan Street, and submit a Community Development Block Grant application.

Elfrida Nord recently contacted the Lands and Resources Office with an offer to donate to the city and borough a parcel of undeveloped land she owns, described as Tract A-2, Brigadoon Estates Subdivision III, located southwest of Mendenhall Lake. Maps of the property are included in your packets.

Consultations with the Community Development, Engineering, and Public Works departments yielded general support for the donation. An evaluation of the site suggests that portions of the uplands could be developed for residential use while the high value wetlands are preserved as open space. The possibility of future multiple uses of the site has been discussed with and is acceptable to the donor. After title is transferred to CBJ, portions of the property will be considered for residential development and disposal by the Affordable Housing Commission, Planning Commission and the Lands Committee.

The donor is eager to complete this conveyance before the end of the year. The Lands Committee will be conducting its review of this donation at its meeting November 29 and reporting its recommendation to the full Assembly later that evening.

CBJ 53.04.030 allows for the acceptance gifts of real property upon approval of the Assembly by resolution. Resolution No. 2549 provides authorization for the manager to accept Ms. Nord’s generous gift of her property.

This resolution would implement the changes to Assembly procedure reviewed at the retreat on November 6, 2010. Changes include the duties of the Assembly Human Resources Committee regarding scheduling, and the appointment and role of Assembly liaisons. This resolution would also make a few additional housekeeping changes.

This resolution would remove the January 7, 2011 sunset date for the Port Development Fee. The removal of the sunset date will result in a continuation of the $3.00 per passenger fee. The purpose for the fee is to construct capital projects on the waterfront as set forth in the downtown waterfront development plan.
In 2010, the State modified the application of the State’s Marine Passenger Fees to allow for an offset of cruise ship passenger fee payments made to local governments, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, against the State’s Marine Passenger Fees.

The Assembly Finance Committee recommended this action at its October 10, 2010 meeting.

The Uniform Sales Tax Code currently allows spouses of qualifying senior citizens to obtain a senior citizen sales tax exemption card. This ordinance would extend the same benefit to same-sex domestic partners of qualifying senior citizens. This amendment is intended to bring the exemption ordinance into compliance with the Alaska Supreme Court’s decision in Alaska Civil Liberties Union v. State of Alaska and Municipality of Anchorage, 122 P.3d 781 (Alaska 2005).

The above-listed liquor license is before the Assembly to either protest or waive its right to protest transfer of this license. The Finance, Police, Fire, and Community Development Departments have reviewed the above business for compliance with CBJ Code. The Human Resources Committee is scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m., Monday, November 29, 2010, and will be forwarding recommendations regarding this license transfer. Enclosed in your Human Resources Committee packet are the relevant documents pertaining to this action. In the event the Assembly does protest the transfer of the above mentioned liquor license, CBJ 20.25.025(c) provides the licensee an opportunity to exercise their right to an informal hearing before the Assembly.

I recommend the Assembly adopt the Human Resources Committee's recommendations for action.

PND Engineers is the design firm selected to perform professional services for the cruise ship dock reconfiguration, commonly known as concept 16B. Preliminary engineering is currently taking place, with the next step to investigate the subsurface geology and topography necessary for design of the piling and related structures for the floating berth concept. This amendment is a time and materials contract not to exceed $912,805, which would allow proceeding with the geotechnical and geophysical investigation for the project.

Note: Agenda packets are available for review online at www.juneau.org.

ADA accommodations available upon request: Please contact the Clerk’s office 72 hours prior to any meeting so arrangements can be made to have a sign language interpreter present or an audiotape containing the Assembly’s agenda made available. The Clerk’s office telephone number is 586-5278, TDD 586-5351, e-mail: city_clerk@ci.juneau.ak.us